Indians with most Test wickets at Melbourne Cricket Ground? Jasprit Bumrah set to go past Anil Kumble's tally at MCG

Mayank Bande

Indians with most Test wickets at Melbourne Cricket Ground? Jasprit Bumrah set to go past Anil Kumble's tally at MCG image

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Jasprit Bumrah

India and Australia will lock horns against each other in the fourth Test of the 2024/25 Border Gavaskar Trophy at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground in the Boxing Day Test after the series is tied at 1-1 following the first three matches.

So far, India has played 14 Tests at the MCG and have been unbeaten at the venue for a decade now. They have won two back-to-back Boxing Day games in the BGT and drawn one since their loss in 2011.

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One of the key catalysts in these last two wins has been Jasprit Bumrah who has taken 15 wickets in 4 innings at an average of 13.06, equaling Anil Kumble's record at the venue who took two more innings and averaged 37.00 for his two fifers.

See who are the Indians with the most wickets at the MCG below.

Indians with the most wickets at the MCG in Tests

Bumrah and Kumble stand together with 15 wickets each at the moment and in all likeliness, the prior will move ahead and become the sole leader of the chart. Ravichandran Ashwin who retired ahead of the match averages 32.57 for his 14 wickets which is the second most in the list tied with Kapil Dev.

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BowlerMatchesInningsWicketsAvg/SREconomyBest figures5/10
Jasprit Bumrah241513.06/31.12.516/331/0
Anil Kumble361537.00/61.73.596/1762/0
Ravichandran Ashwin361432.57/78.92.473/350/0
Kapil Dev361420.50/54.72.245/282/0
Umesh Yadav361333.76/54.73.784/700/0
Bhagwat Chandrashekhar231211.58/27.42.536/522/1
Zaheer Khan351235.00/59.83.504/770/0

Currently, Jasprit Bumrah not only has an opportunity to take over Kumble in the record but also has an incredible and unprecedented opportunity to help India retain the BGT for the fifth time in a row and become only the fourth team to win three back-to-back away Test series in Australia.

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Mayank Bande

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Mayank Bande is a content producer for The Sporting News’ India edition.